Sumanasekera Surname

210,379th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,962 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sri Lanka
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

Sumanasekera Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sumanasekera Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka1,9001:10,9521,572
United States211:17,259,949572,238
England171:3,277,533109,658
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Wales41:773,63329,106
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372

Sumanasekera Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sumanasekera Come From? nationality or country of origin

Sumanasekera is found most in Sri Lanka. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sumanasekera? popularity and diffusion

Sumanasekera is the 210,379th most commonly occurring surname globally, borne by around 1 in 3,714,346 people. The last name Sumanasekera occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Sumanasekera reside; 97 percent reside in South Asia and 97 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.

The last name Sumanasekera is most frequent in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 1,900 people, or 1 in 10,952. Beside Sri Lanka Sumanasekera is found in 8 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Sumanasekera Last Name Statistics demography

Sumanasekera earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 66.77% more than the national average, earning $71,958 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sumanasekara924,799/
Sumanasekare831/
Simone Sequeira591/
Sayman Şakar581/
Simons-Hegger561/
Simmons-Gray501/
Symanski Rey501/
Simonsakaria501/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sumanasekera
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